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GATE.

No. 276,330. Patented Ap1-.24,183s.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

DANlEL BAKER ANI) DANIEL G. BAKER, OF STEPHENS CITY, VIRGINIA.

GATE;

i SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,330, dated April 24, 1883.

Application filed January 16,1883. (Model.) i

To all 'whom it may concern:

gates; and it consists, irst, in the combination ofthe gate provided with a suitable guidingcleat upon its rear end, and a vertical strip at a suitable distance from its inner end, with the post upon which the gate is hung, and the piv- V oted levers which form the hinges upon which the gate turns; second, the combination ofthe lever which forms the lower hinge of the gate with suitable cords, wires, or chains which are connectedthereto at one end, and which pass up over a suitable guiding-pulley, and are connected to the lower end of the latch at the other end, whereby the weight of the gate is used for the purpose of operating the latch, all of which will be more fully described here inafter. y

The object of our invention is to do away with the ordinary hinges used in connection with gates, and substitute therefor long levers which allow the gate to be raised and lowered without the help of any other appliances for this purpose, and to throw all of the weight of the gate upon the lower hinge, and thus utilize this weight in operating the latch and in taking up any sag that may occur.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure l is a side elevation of our invention, showing the gate in one position in solid lines and in another position in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same.

A represents the gate, which is ot ordinary construction, and which is provided with the guiding-cleat B at its inner end, and the vertical strip C at any suitable distance inward from the cleat B according to the length of levers it is desired to use. Instead of using hinges such as are generally employed in oonnection with forming gates, long plates or levers D are here used, which catch upon the hooks formed upon the post, and which pass in between the guiding-cleat, and have suitable pulleys passed through, near their inner ends, into the vertical strip C. These plates or levers form the hinges upon which the gate swings, and which allow the gate to be raised and lowered 'vertically withoutthe help ot' any other appliances for this purpose. The lower one of these plates or levers has its inner end made to extend a suitable distance beyond the vertical strip, and hasits end formed into a hand-lever, by means of which a person can raise and lower the gate at will. Fastened to this other leveris the adjustingplate and wire or chain G, which passes up over the guidingpulley H at the top ofthe gate, and then the wire extends downward and is fastened to the lower end of the latch I, which is pivoted to the gate near its lower end. This lower lever sustains the weight ot the entire gate, while the upper end serves merely as a means to keep the gate in its proper position.

' `By means of the adjustable plated the wire, chain, or cord can be tightened from time to time, so as to take up any sag in theouter end of the gate. `The weight of the gate is transferred through 'the wire to the latch, and this weight keeps the latch pressed forward so as to catch in the usual hook, L, upon the post N when the gate is closed.

Also pivoted upon the gate, at any suitable distance from the latch, is the lever O, which is connected to the latch by means of a rod, l?,

,and which lever serves as a means to enable when'the gate will be left suspended, as shown.

Having thus described our invention, we t claiml. The combination of the gate A, the post upon which the gate is hung, the guiding-cleat attached to rear end of gate, thevertical strip,

pulley H, and latch I, substantially as set forth.v

4. The combination of the gate having the guiding-cleat at` its inner end and the long 15 plate-hinges D, which pass in between the inner end of the gate and the cleat, and which have their inner ends pivoted to the gate at points beyond the cleat, substantially as specied.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL BAKER. DANIEL C. BAKER.

Witnesses:

M. W. STEELE, M. B. STEELE. 

